CATDOLL: Behind the scenes of "Gui Bao's Hilarious Adventure in the Universe": Slow work produces fine results!

The animated film "Gui Bao's Hilarious Adventure in the Universe" released on August 6 was adapted from the popular comic "Crazy, Gui Bao" (hereinafter referred to as "Gui Bao")

Recently, the film's director Wang Yunfei and the original author of the comic book "Crazy! Guibao" - the famous cartoonist Agui (Gui Huazheng) were interviewed. The two not only shared the growth history of "Guibao", but also revealed some "little-known" behind-the-scenes stories of the film.

Guibao looks like both his biological father Agui and his godfather Wang Yunfei

Speaking of "Guibao", this "child" full of "sunshine, positivity and positive energy", Guibao's "biological father" Agui said that when he was a child, he had a rich imagination and imagined that "if I have a child in the future, the boy will be named Guibao and the girl will be named Guihua". Therefore, after creating this cartoon image, "son Guibao" was born. Speaking of Guibao's "coldness", Agui believes that "Guibao is a cold humor different from cold jokes. It is a more intelligent humor. After reading it, you can smile knowingly" and "you can still have aftertaste". In the eyes of "Godfather" Wang Yunfei, "Guibao is a happy spokesperson for positive energy. Anything is not a problem for Guibao", and he is also a "child with dreams". Like Guibao, the director himself also has a dream, which is to make "high-quality animated films". "Three years ago, Agui and I had imagined that there might be such a day, and now it has finally come true."

It is revealed that three years before the concept of IP became popular, director Wang Yunfei had the foresight to buy the rights to the animated film adaptation of "Crazy! Guibao" 1-4 at one time, which made many people worry about him. "When I bought it, many people asked me if the comic book would be a hit after it was made into a movie?" In this regard, Wang Yunfei said very firmly that first of all, he liked Agui's comics very much, and the performance of this comic book was very good. Secondly, before buying the copyright of the animated film, it already had many fans. He believed that "Guibao" would definitely become everyone's treasure. In Wang Yunfei's mind, "the most important thing in planning a project is to give priority to three points: name, image and market performance." The "cute and cute" Guibao, which has sold 10 million comic books, is obviously an animated IP that is "destined to be very popular."

"Slow work, fine work" good quality creates good reputation

Compared with live-action movies, the production cycle of animated movies is long, and the director of an animated movie is both the screenwriter and the director. Wang Yunfei has a deep understanding of this. During the nearly two and a half years of production of the movie "Gui Bao", he was both the screenwriter and the director, and also did the dubbing. "Sometimes it is very painful. After finishing a section, I am not satisfied and go back to revise it, and repeat it many times. The written script keeps changing, and in the end the script almost ends with the movie." Perhaps, it is because of the director's "pursuit of perfection" that "Gui Bao" can achieve the "conscientious work" of "high-quality pictures and content".

After the release of Guibao, not only did a family movie-watching craze break out, but even the film critics who usually have "picky tastes" were "melted" by Guibao, and wrote that "these guys who are so cute that it's hard to put them down" and "Guibao and his friends have shown with their actions that it's not shameful to be a foodie, but it's shameful to be a foodie and lazy". It can be said that Guibao cleverly implements themes such as "dreams", "environmental protection", "friendship" and "optimism" into the hearts of children watching the movie in a relaxed and humorous way, and subtly conveys these positive energies to children. "Children are happy, and adults are not bored." This is "an excellent family-friendly animated comedy movie."